Because life is more than Loud, Young and Snotty... I.e. Turbongro, The Deadboys and The Stooges..... I want to take this moment to talk about the man the legend Martin Denny...Simply put there are times when all I want to hear is some nice soothing lounge music, and few did it better than Martian Denny.... there is a simple magic and bounce to his best work that still has the right swing and p...
So I got a nice little media mail package today with 5 Martin Denny records in it. First off, the seller packaged them very nicely - all removed from sleeves and stuff. He also had the sense of humor to bookend the records with other record covers such as a signed copy of "the solo artistry of Robert Hale and Dean Wilder - Songs of Devotion and Praise." Yes, I said 'signed.'I thought I was goin...
1. The Shirelles, "Dedicated to the One I Love." The several hit versions of this song are all wonderful. This one, which was actually something of a flop in 1959 but was a hit in a re-release a couple of years later, is a favorite of mine for the way Doris Coley pronounces the word "dedi-KAY-ted." In the absence of a good Shirelles video, the clip is of the Mamas and Papas' version. No one who...
Because life is more than Loud, Young and Snotty... I.e. Turbongro, The Deadboys and The Stooges..... I want to take this moment to talk about the man the legend Martin Denny...Simply put there are times when all I want to hear is some nice soothing lounge music, and few did it better than Martian Denny.... there is a simple magic and bounce to his best work that still has the right swing and p...
So I got a nice little media mail package today with 5 Martin Denny records in it. First off, the seller packaged them very nicely - all removed from sleeves and stuff. He also had the sense of humor to bookend the records with other record covers such as a signed copy of "the solo artistry of Robert Hale and Dean Wilder - Songs of Devotion and Praise." Yes, I said 'signed.'I thought I was goin...